Nigeria, others to import $110b worth of food by 2025 Nigeria and other African countries will import food valued at $110 billion by 2025, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), has said. Its Director, Development and Delivery, Dr. Alfred Dixon who spoke in Abuja at...

Food Prices: Roots and Tubers To The Rescue By Salisu Na'inna Dambatta         The other day the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) while reporting the current inflation rate, indicated that despite the huge effort to boost productivity in the agriculture sector, the prices of food appreciated and...

IITA, 2 others sign Pact to promote cassava seed system The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and two other organisations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to build and promote cassava seed system in the country. The other organisations are the National Root Crops...

The Director-General, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr Nteranya Sanginga  has said the Federal Government would launch N59.7 billion Youth-In-Agriculture Scheme in September. Sanginga, who disclosed this to newsmen  in Ibadan on Sunday, said the scheme would be sponsored by the federal government and...